The Zonta Club of Oswego, New York, USA, has created a display that will be traveling around the county that is intended to raise awareness about the issue of violence against women. The club is also urging community members to donate items to programs that serve survivors of abuse.
Read more at www.oswegocountytoday.com
The Zonta Club of Brainerd partnered with the Central Lakes College’s Diversity Club to hand out information resources about sexual assault and inform students of the school’s policy on harassment.
Read more on brainerddispatch.com.
The Zonta Club of Parker County displayed Zonta Says NO banners in front of their local courthouse and in front of the city annex. Weatherford Mayor Craig Swancy recently presented the club with a proclamation declaring Nov. 22 as Zonta of Parker County Day.
Read more on weatherforddemocrat.com
The Zonta Club of Brisbane River Inc has been posting “orange ladies” outside businesses along a busy shopping strip in Brisbane to publicize the 16 Days of Activism and the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaigns.
The Zonta Club of Lohja, Finland, turned an old firehouse tower orange once again this year to participate in the fight against the violence against women and girls.
Hundreds on people were at the site on Friday, 26 November, when the lights were lit. The tower is located next to the city market place. The first day of the campaign was also the time of opening ceremonies of the Christmas season in Lohja.
The lighting of the old firehouse tower has become a tradition in Lohja as it was done last year and will continue next year in partnership with local light artist Jari Jalonen.
On 25 November, members of the Zonta Club of Luxembourg, District 27, met with the Dutch Embassy in Luxembourg, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Den Hague, which strongly supports the “16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence” campaign. The embassy took the initiative to “orange” the building and invited the press, politicians, gender-related associations to join the launch. Ambassador Peter W. Kok also met with Zontians.
On this occasion, the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign was also highlighted and Zontians were thanked for the initiative.
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New Zealand Zonta clubs were highly visible on their national day of action, Saturday, 26 in support of the Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women campaign. In addition to the sea of orange, clubs in District 16 wrote letters to ministers of parliament requesting the New Zealand Government add urgency to any initiatives that will reduce the statistics associated with violence against women in new Zealand and use the 16 Days of Activism against violence as the time to lift the status of gender-based violence legislation.
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